Access Archives - HackerSecret.com - The Most Authoritative Site in the World on the Hacking Tools and Techniques, Penetration Testing and CyberSecurity

Qualys Confirms Unauthorized Access to Data via Accellion Hack

Hours after the Clop ransomware gang published data allegedly stolen from information security and compliance solutions provider Qualys, the company has confirmed being impacted by the recent cyberattack involving Accellion’s FTA product. read more SecurityWeek RSS Feed

TPG buys Thycotic, immediately merges it with Centrify to create ~$230m access management monster

Product consolidation roadmap? Not yet. But all involved say the combo will work out just fine Private equity group TPG has acquired security vendor Thycotic and announced it will merge it with another recent acquisition, Centrify.… The Register – Security

Industrial Remote Access: Why It’s Not Something to Fear

Increased uptime? Check. Better access to outside expertise? Check. Improved first-time-fix rate? Check. These are just some of the benefits of industrial remote access. Yet many customers are reluctant to embrace remote access. Not only that, but incidents such as the breach at the Oldsmar water utility might increase organizations’ reluctance to use remote access. […]

Yandex sysadmin caught selling access to email accounts

Yandex, a European multinational technology firm best known for being the most-used search engine in Russia, has revealed it had a security breach, leading to the compromise of almost 5,000 Yandex email accounts. The company says it spotted the breach after a routine check by its security team. They found that one of their system […]

A $50,000 Bug Could’ve Allowed Hackers Access Any Microsoft Account

Microsoft has awarded an independent security researcher $ 50,000 as part of its bug bounty program for reporting a flaw that could have allowed a malicious actor to hijack users’ accounts without their knowledge. Reported by Laxman Muthiyah, the vulnerability aims to brute-force the seven-digit security code that’s sent to a user’s email address or […]